Unexpected Visitors: Chapter 3
The thug waved his knife in front of Grisha Yeagar's face and yelled. "Where the hell is it, old man?! Tell me, or I'm gonna kill you!"
The knife flashed threatening in the light coming from the street light at the end of the alley and Grisha swallowed reflexively. It was small and the person wielding it wasn't too bright but being a doctor taught him that even a small knife can do a lot of damage if it hits the right area.
"Again, I don't know what you're talking about. What is it you want?" Grisha asked calmly, attempting to calm the situation down. He raised his hands, palms out, in a non-threatening gesture.
"Don't play dumb with me! I was told to find you and get the key you have, so hand it over. Or, I can kill you and take it after. It's your choice." The thug growled placing the knife extremely close to Grisha's neck. It pricked his skin, drawing a small rivet of blood.
Grisha shuddered slightly. "Who told you to find me? Why would someone want my key? It's just a key."
"So you do have it! Hand it over!" The thug grabbed Grisha's collar with his other hand, the one not holding the knife. He gave a good shove and Grisha fell back onto his butt. The thug reached into his jacket and pulled out a revolver. He pointed it at Grisha and cocked it. "I won't ask again."
"Okay, okay. Listen to me. I don't have the key. I gave it to my son, Eren, several years ago." Grisha scrambled to keep the situation under control.
"Yeah right, like I'll believe that. If you won't hand it over the nice way, we'll just have to do it the hard way." The thug droned out and pointed the gun at the center of Grisha's chest.
Just as he was about to pull the trigger a loud boom resounded from down the alley making both men jerk their heads around in that direction. A huge light flashed in front of their eyes, blinding them both. It lasted only a second and then it was gone, leaving nothing behind but two boys, one lying on the ground on his stomach. The other sitting on top of the one laying on the ground.
"What the hell...?" The thug mumbled, totally dumbstruck.
The feeling of falling abruptly stopped with a bone jarring thud as both Eren and Levi hit the ground. Well, more like Eren hit the ground on his stomach and Levi landed on him. Levi felt the disturbing feeling of Eren's back breaking and Eren cried out in pain before he passed out.
"Shit. Mother fucking son of a-" Levi cursed fluently as he rolled off of Eren. Motion from down the alley caught his eye and he realized they weren't alone. He stared hard and saw two men. One standing over the other holding a gun, the other cowering on the ground in fear.
"Levi?! Eren?!" Grisha yelled as he realized who they were. A spike of icy fear raced down his spine and settled in with the rest of the fear already there when the thought that the thug could hurt either of the boys crossed his mind.
"The hell?! Doctor Grisha Yeagar?! I have a hell of a lot of questions but first I suppose I should knock this idiot out before he hurts somebody." Levi growled as he clamored to his feet and made his way down the alley towards the thug who had swung his gun around and was leveling it shakily at Levi.
"Don't come a-any closer! I mean it! C-come any closer and I-I'll shoot!" The thug threatened but it came out shaky and unsteady.
Levi rolled his eyes and continued moving steadily forward. Some half-assed threats didn't even come close to scaring to him. He faced giant, man-eating, humanoid, creatures for a living. Some stupid human with a gun didn't even register at the bottom of Levi's danger meter.
"Stop! I'll shoot!" The thug yelled again, his voice shooting up an octave with fear. He didn't know who the hell the kid was that was stalking towards him looking like he really wanted to kill somebody, but he knew that the kid was dangerous and he didn't want him coming any closer.
"Then shoot." Levi calmly said as he charged the thug, ducking to the side at the last minute as he heard the gun go off. He didn't quite move fast enough, though, and the bullet grazed his left calf. It wasn't fatal by any means but it hurt and only helped to made Levi angrier as he grabbed the thug and socked him in the mouth.
The thug went down hard and the gun spun out of his grasp. He didn't move after several seconds passed and Levi decided that he would deal with him later. First, he had to check on Eren and figure out where the hell they were, why the hell Eren's dad who'd been missing for five years was here, where ever here was, and a hundred other things. Levi felt like sighing again.
Eren made a small moaning noise from down the alley and it drew Levi from his thoughts. He spun around and then around again as he realized that Doctor Yeager wasn't anywhere in sight.
"Fuck. Where the hell did he run off to?" Levi cursed as he limped back to Eren. Now that the adrenaline had worn off he felt the pain from the wound on his leg. It hurt like hell and made it extremely difficult to walk, but it wasn't the time to be worrying about his pain. They had bigger things to worry about than a little scratch.
Levi crouched down next to Eren and felt for a pulse, letting out a breath as he felt Eren's heart beat beneath his fingers. Even though he knew something like having his back broken wouldn't kill Eren, there were still so many unknowns when it came to the brats titan powers that it still made him nervous when Eren suffered injuries that would kill a normal person.
Another pained moan escaped Eren's lips and his fingers clenched into a fist, which Levi took as a good sign. If he could move his fingers that meant his spine was healing. Levi heaved what felt like the hundredth sigh that day and shifted himself into a more comfortable position, allowing himself a minute to rest against the alley wall. He needed to think about what they were going to do next. They were in unfamiliar territory and they were both injured. Eren would be okay after a while but Levi had no idea how long it would take for him to heal from such an injury. Plus, he himself was injured and, though it had slowed, he was still bleeding.
Levi placed his hand against his wound, hissing as the pressure made his wound sting. It was going to be a problem if he continued to bleed and ended up passing out from blood loss. That would be the last thing they needed and would probably get them killed.
The sound of yelling and many footsteps jerked Levi from his thoughts and he pushed himself to his feet. 'Great... Just what we need. People coming to see what the commotion from earlier was.' Levi growled to himself as he crouched down and picked up Eren, pulling him over his back so Eren's stomach rested against his shoulder. The extra weight caused Levi's injured leg to throb painfully but he pushed through the pain and started trudging forward, away from the voices that were coming closer by the second.
As he was making slow but steady progress down the alley someone grabbed him from behind, jerking him off his feet and causing him to go sprawling onto his back. Eren fell a few feet away on his back and it ripped a scream of pain from his throat as the jarring impact caused excruciating pain to spike throughout his body.
Levi glared up at his attacker, seeing that it was the thug he had rendered unconscious earlier. Apparently he hadn't stayed unconscious for long. Levi mentally kicked himself for making the mistake of not tying the man up while he was still down, because now that mistake could very well cost him and Eren their lives.
"I not gonna let you get away, you fucking brat. Because of you, that old man got away and now I can't take the key to my boss. What are you gonna do to make it up to me, huh?" The thug spat at Levi as he ground his boot into Levi's face.
Levi felt his anger spike and he grabbed the thug's leg and slammed his fist into the back of his knee causing his leg to give. The thug grunted in pain and collapsed back, falling onto his butt. Levi rolled onto his feet and quickly climbed to his feet before the thug had time to do the same. He kicked out with his injured leg and grit his teeth as it connected with the thugs jaw and pain rippled up from his calf.
The thug flew back a few feet, but the kick wasn't enough to knock him unconscious and he clambered quickly to his feet. But, instead of coming back towards his eyes locked onto something over Levi's shoulder and he spun around and ran the other way.
"Hey! Get-" Levi yelled.
"Stop! NCIS! ...Tony get after him!" Someone yelled behind Levi causing him to spin around. There were four people standing several feet behind Levi at the entrance to the alley. One of them took off down the alley after the thug. He hardly paid Levi any mind as he passed him and Levi let him pass. The biggest threat was the other three people, two men and a woman, who were still standing at the entrance to the alley. They had their guns drawn and even though they weren't pointed at him, Levi knew that they were still a threat.
"Hello. We're from NCIS and we need to ask you a few questions. Would you mind coming with us?" One of the men asked. He was older than the other three and was obviously the leader. His voice and stature gave no room for argument, but Levi wasn't in a trusting mood and he was still unsure whether or not these people really meant them no harm.
"I'm not going anywhere with you people. So get lost and leave us alone or I'll beat you to a bloody pulp." Levi threatened taking a step back and towards Eren who was attempting to push himself up into a sitting position.
"Listen. You're not in any kind of trouble, kid. We just want to ask you a few questions and get that leg of yours treated. We're not going to arrest you or anything." The man said as he holstered his gun and made to move towards Levi.
"Don't come near us. I'll fucking kill you." Levi growled as he took up a defensive stance, really hating that their gear had disappeared when they'd fallen. He would feel a whole lot better if he had his blades in his hands.
"Boss..." The other man warned. He was not as tall as the other man but he was broader and he had a boyish face that made him seem younger that he probably was. When he spoke he drew Levi's attention to the fact that even though the leader had put away his gun the other two had not done the same, which told Levi that they still perceived him to be a threat.
"There's nothing to be scared of. We aren't going to hurt you. Like I said, we only want to ask you a few questions about what happened here and get you and your friend some medical treatment." The older man said as he walking towards Levi. Levi tensed, ready to strike out once the man got within striking distance.
Levi's slight change in stance did not go unnoticed and the man stopped a few feet away, close enough to get a good look at Levi and Levi to do the same, but not close enough to be within range of Levi's fists.
"If you won't come along quietly then I'll have no choice but to arrest you and I'm sure you don't want that, so come answer our questions without putting up a fight." The man said holding his hand out towards Levi in a non-threatening, pacifying manner.
His words, however, did not calm Levi. In fact, they did the exact opposite. At hearing the word "no choice but to arrest" Levi made up his mind. These people were a threat and he wasn't going to let them get anywhere near Eren. Their world would be doomed if he died.
Levi jumped towards the man, swinging his fist towards him as he did so. Just as his fist was about to collide with the man's face he side stepped out of the path of Levi's fist. This caused Levi to keep moving forward, turning as he went. He spun around and he made the mistake of landing with his injured leg. It gave out and Levi fell to one knee, but he was quick to right himself as he saw the man turn towards him.
The man didn't attack. He merely stood there watching as Levi rose to his feet again. As he rose to his feet the world spun slightly and Levi gripped his calf. He felt fresh blood and realized that he must have reopened his wound causing him to start bleeding again. The spinning and sense of vertigo didn't last for long and Levi charged at the man again. He was growing desperate now. He knew that in his condition he wasn't going to be able to run and carry Eren at the same time anymore. Hell, he'd be lucky to make it very far on his own two feet with all the blood he'd lost. If they had any chance of getting away he was going to have to take down all three people before the forth one came back and that was not going to be a simple task.
The man grabbed Levi's arm and spun him around. The sudden movement caused Levi's head to spin again, but he didn't let that stop him. He flung his head back, slamming it into the man's forehead and smiled slightly when he heard the man grunt in surprise and pain. Levi tried to jerk his arms out of the man's grasp but they were like iron and wouldn't let go.
He vaguely heard the voices of the man's companions yelling and the sound of their approach, but he didn't have time to pay attention to the others because the man was attempting to push Levi up against the wall of the alley. Levi struggled and thrashed in the man's gripping, struggling to break free. He knew that once the man had him pinned against the wall it would be all over. He wouldn't be able to get free. The man was bigger than him, like most adversaries where, so Levi had planned to use his speed to his advantage in the fight, but unfortunately, the wound on his leg decreased his speed drastically and made the fight extreme one sided. And unfortunately for him, it was leaning towards the man.
Levi tried one last attempt to break free. He flung both his legs up against the wall and push, hoping to send both of the falling, but again because of his injury, the kick wasn't nearly as powerful as it needed to be and it only made to man take a small step back before he pushed forward again and slammed Levi into the wall.
The air rushed out of Levi's lungs at the impact and he felt his arms being pulled behind his back and restrained as he gasped, trying to breath. Levi heard the sound of metal clicking around his wrist as well as Eren yelling. The man jerked Levi away from the wall once his hands had been cuffed and Levi saw that the other man was back and was also cuffing Eren and trying to pull him to his feet.
Eren rose shakily, his legs weak and not ready to hold his full weight yet so the man had to keep a hold on his arm to keep him from falling back towards the ground. Levi felt a slight bit of warmth in his gut at seeing Eren able to stand already and he knew that he was going to be alright. Well, just as long as these people didn't kill them, that is.
The man that had restrained Levi was yelling to the woman" Zeva, go get Ducky."
"Now then. We need to take you in for questioning, but first I'm gonna have our mortician and doctor take a look at both your injuries." The man said pushing Levi forward towards the entrance to the alley.
Levi attempted to resist at first but the man simply push him forward more harshly which caused his injury to throb with pain. After a few jerks and shoves Levi resigned himself to the fact that it would be smarter to save his energy and wait until they let their guard down to try to escape again.
They exited the alley, turned down another alley a few yards away, and approached a taped off area where there were many more people bustling around, talking, and examining what Levi took to be a crime scene, giving the dead body.
The woman, Zeva, ducked under the bright yellow tape cordoning off the crime scene and approached them with an older looking man in tow. As they got closer the older man's eyes zeroed in on Levi's leg.
"Now what do we have here? That's quite a scratch young man. Let me get a better look at it." The older man said with a strange accent. He crouched down in front of Levi and reached for his leg but Levi kicked out causing the man to jerk his hand back before it was hit. The man holding Levi jerked him to the side until his shoulder collided with the wall and he threatened as he bore down on him, "If you do that again, I might just have to leave that wound unattended and just let you bleed to death. Got it?"
Levi saw Eren's eyes spark in barely contained fury and he took a deep breath. As much as he hated the thought of the enemy treating his wounds, they didn't need to make these people any angrier. The fact that they really were going to treat their wounds meant that they planned to keep them alive for now, but that might change if they became too much of a nuisance to deal with.
"Now, now. Jethro. No harm done. Now don't add more to my job than there already is. The boy's lost a substantial amount of blood and it's not helping him by being thrown against a wall." The old man with the weird accent said as he approached Levi again.
The leader, Jethro, moved aside and pushed down on Levi's shoulder, telling him to sit. Levi slid down the wall, glad to have to the pressure off his leg and reclined his head back against the wall, giving off an air of calm. The old man took that as a sign that it was safe to get closer and he crouch in front of Levi again and grabbed his leg. He leaned over Levi to get a better look at the wound and then leaned back and removed some items from his medical bag.
"It's a shallow wound. It's already stopped bleeding, but I'll clean and dress it so it hopefully won't get infected. I assume a bullet caused this, young man?" The doctor asked as he rolled up Levi's pant leg.
"Yeah." Was all the reply Levi gave. He didn't want to give these people any information on the off chance they could be working for the same guy that thug was. It was highly doubtful but Levi didn't want to take any chances.
"You're very lucky. A few more inches to the left and it would have hit an artery and you would have bled out in minutes." The doctor said as he unscrewed a bottle and the heavy smell of chemicals filled the air.
Levi tensed, automatically going into high alert. He never liked the smell of chemicals. They were never used very often in their world and most of the time they spelled bad news. The doctor noticed Levi tense up and patted his uninjured leg reassuringly.
"Don't worry. It'll only sting for a second." The doctor said as he poured the chemical onto Levi's wound. Pain flare up fresh from his leg and Levi jerked his leg back, glaring threatening at the doctor.
"Easy there. I'm not going to hurt you." The doctor soothed as he reached for Levi's leg again. Levi reluctantly leg him pull his leg back and the doctor began wrapping it in white bandages. "What's your name young man? My name is Doctor Donald Mallard, but most people call me Ducky for short."
Levi said nothing and he looked over at Eren who had also been seated next to him on the wall. The look clearly said, "Say nothing" and Eren nodded his head in understanding.
The look was not missed by Ducky and he glance quickly at Jethro. "I suppose it's only nature for everyone to introduce themselves first before we go asking your name."
The woman took that as a hint and said, "My name is Zeva David and the man standing next to me is Timothy McGee." She gestured towards the man with the young looking face and he smiled shyly and nodded in greeting. "The idiotic looking one over there is Anthony Dinozzo, most people call him Tony, and our boss's name is Leroy Jethro Gibbs or Gibbs for short."
"Your turn," Ducky said happily as he finished bandaging Levi's wound and moved over to inspect Eren.
Eren gave Levi one of those looks that said, "it can't hurt to give them our names, can it?" and Levi sighed. "My name is Levi and the brat next to me is Eren Yeager. Happy?"
"What's your last name?" McGee asked.
Levi gave him a hard look before saying, "Don't have one. Just Levi. No last name."
"Come on... you've gotta have a last name. Everyone has one." Tony probed and received a glare for his trouble.
"If I say I ain't got one, then I don't have one. Got it?" Levi growled, his patience growing thin.
"Well then, Eren, you seemed to be just fine. Not sign of broken bones or any major cuts. You're perfectly healthy." Ducky said as he hauled himself to his feet, complaining about how his body was too old to be getting down on the ground.
"Alright, you two. Come with us so you can get some answers to our questions." Gibbs said as he reached for Levi's arm to pull him to his feet. Levi jerked away and tried to rise but his leg felt numb and he ended up falling over onto his side.
"The hell?! What'd you do to my leg, old man?!" Levi snapped.
Ducky smiled deviously and shrugged. "The disinfectant had a numbing agent in it. I didn't think you'd want to be in pain."
"What are you going to do to us once you're got your answers?" Eren asked and everyone's attention swung towards him. He cringed inwardly at having so many eyes staring at him but he didn't let it show on his face as he stared into their eyes.
"What? Do you think we're part of the mafia, asking that? Once you answer our questions we'll call you families and you can go home. Well, you can anyways. I don't know what the boss is gonna do about your friend since he assaulted a cop." Tony said, taken slightly aback by Eren's question.
"Captain..." Eren sighed as he looked at Levi.
"Don't 'captain...' me you shitty brat. What else did you expect me to do? They were a threat. I was just protecting us." Levi growled between his teeth as he struggled to rise back up to his feet. Gibbs made to grab his arm and help him up but Levi glared threatening at him when he did, so Gibbs just shrugged and let Levi do it himself.
"Captain? You're in the military?" Tony asked sounded skeptical.
"I'm a lieutenant in the scouting legion and Levi is a Captain in the same legion." Eren stated matter-of-factly.
Everyone merely stared at him like he was stupid and McGee asked, "What branch of the military? Navy, marines, army, air force?"
This time it was Eren's turn to stare at him like he was stupid. "What are navy and army and those other ones you mentioned. We just have the military police, garrison, and scouting-" Eren said.
"Yeager shut the fuck up! Don't tell them how our forces are set up! Are you fucking stupid?!" Levi snapped at Eren.
Eren drew back, looking like a hurt puppy. "Sorry..." He mumbled.
Levi sighed again. 'Damn, if I keep doing that I'm going to start getting grey hair prematurely.' Levi complained to himself. He shot Eren a meaningful look telling him to keep his trap shut and then shifted his attention back to his leg. The pain had become significantly lessened and he figured out that his leg could still hold his weight it just felt extremely awkward. Like trying to walk right after you'd just spent an hour sitting on your leg. It was hard, but he could do it.
"Alright. Come this way. We'll take you back to be interrogated and then we'll contact your families. Levi, I won't press charges as long as you answer our questions without giving us a hard time. Do we have a deal?" Gibbs said as he guided them away from the crime scene and towards the street where they'd parked the car.
"Yeah. Deal." Levi mumbled. He wasn't happy about the situation in the slightest, but from what he could tell, these people really didn't mean them any harm. He still kept his guard up, it was hard not to after the life he'd had to live, always hiding and running, but he decided that he would co-operate with them. Maybe they could even help them get home. Wherever home is.
Gibbs seemed happy with Levi's answer and nodded. They lapsed into a tense silence until the exited the alley and Eren and Levi got the first real look at the world they'd been thrown into.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Eren and Levi yelled. They were rendered speechless by the sight they saw.
Yay! Eren and Levi have made it into our world and I'm sure you're wondering "Where did Hanji go?" Well don't worry I haven't forgotten about her. She'll show up a little later. *Giggles to self* Next chapter we get to see how Eren and Levi will react to our world and all its shiny loudness. Hope you liked this chapter and I'll start on the next chapter shortly.